Mohammed A Atbuosh
Biographic Data
| ID | 712158 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mohammed A Atbuosh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mohammed A |
| FAMILY NAME | Atbuosh |
| SIGNATURE | ATBUOSH M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Independent researcher |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1844-3021 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
South Arabian etymology for the Meccan Kaʿbah
After publishing a new Qatabanic inscription that mentions the term kʿbt for the first time, this paper provides a South Arabian etymology for the pre-Islamic Meccan sanctuary of the Kaʿbah, which is derived traditionally from the Arabic word kaʿb "cube". The paper suggests that the name of the Meccan Kaʿbah, and the Kaʿbah of Najrān, both derived from the ancient South Arabian term kʿbt, supposedly as a variant of the term kʾbt, which designates…
Tribal ties around the cooking fire in South Arabia
This paper reflects on some Arabic terms, previously noted by scholars, of small‐scale monument types, which have a symbolic and semantic conflation of ‘cooking fire’ and ‘permanent occupation’, such as raḍfa , jamara , ʾaṯfiya and rabaʿa . The paper discusses more terms that confirm this conflation and widen it to include the concept of tribal protection, as a parallel with the pre‐Islamic practice of the ‘fire of alliance’, described by classic…
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Tribal ties around the cooking fire in South Arabia
This paper reflects on some Arabic terms, previously noted by scholars, of small‐scale monument types, which have a symbolic and semantic conflation of ‘cooking fire’ and ‘permanent occupation’, such as raḍfa , jamara , ʾaṯfiya and rabaʿa . The paper discusses more terms that confirm this conflation and widen it to include the concept of tribal protection, as a parallel with the pre‐Islamic practice of the ‘fire of alliance’, described by classic…
South Arabian etymology for the Meccan Kaʿbah
After publishing a new Qatabanic inscription that mentions the term kʿbt for the first time, this paper provides a South Arabian etymology for the pre-Islamic Meccan sanctuary of the Kaʿbah, which is derived traditionally from the Arabic word kaʿb "cube". The paper suggests that the name of the Meccan Kaʿbah, and the Kaʿbah of Najrān, both derived from the ancient South Arabian term kʿbt, supposedly as a variant of the term kʾbt, which designates…
Archaeology and Historical Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (1 work) · Ancient history (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Arabic (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Art (1 work)